#mini challenge

Project Runway All Stars Season 4 - Episode 12: Some Like it Hot Dog

Is it just me or the episode titles are getting worse? Jeeeez.

Anyway, I was really excited to see what this challenge was about as I didn’t understand anything from the preview the week before, and I was happy to see that they had to design a look for a Gala event such as the Oscars - the fact they were inspired from Marilyn Monroe was just an excuse to talk about the new film being released on Lifetime, wasn’t it? 

A pretty safe choice from the authors, as you usually take some shimmering lace, cover your model, leave her back naked and you have an amazing Elie Saab sort of gown - I just realised I perfectly described Michelle’s dress for this challenge.

But first, in the workroom they had a really stupid mini-challenge which didn’t have anything to do with the main one and which only served to give Michelle her only win before being eliminated. They had to make, in a very short time, some dresses for dogs getting their inspiration from film genres. Michelle won the chance of being artistic director for a dog clothing collection of I don’t know what. It was all pretty out-of-place, TBH.

Dmitry of course blew me away. It didn’t even surprise me as I’m so used to getting amazed by what he and Sonjia do. From the choice of tea dying the fringes to give that antique look, to the sheer lace he chose - very Dmitry style! - and, omg, the invisible straps - I agreed when one of the judges said she’s never thought about invisible straps as a sophisticated detail, and yet in this dress that was one of the most exciting aspects. Yes, it was perfect, and I can see tons of stars catfighting to have that on their next red carpet apparition! 

It was hard to choose between Helen and Michelle but I opted for the former, not because I can’t stand her - even if it’s true that I can’t - but because after all, Michelle’s dress had more thinking behind it. I appreciated Helen went for something really minimal, it looks a little bit 90s, which can be a good thing as the 90s are back in fashion - even though I’m seeing this trend disappearing more and more. I still don’t know if I liked the colour and the beading, I don’t understand if I find it very matronly or very fresh. One sure thing is that it was too long. Anyway, all these doubts about it are nothing good, and between her and Michelle I would have gone for Michelle all the way, I was curious to see if she could pull off an amazing collection - which I didn’t expect from her - just like in her PR season.

Michelle didn’t have a good dress, everything, from the silhouette to the sleeves, looked way too long, and I would have completely avoided that cheap chain behind it - Zanna told her during the critique, but she couldn’t just get over those f****** chains! I didn’t mind the fabric, in general it was a predictable evening gown which you can see in every red carpet, that’s why I wasn’t excited about but at the same time that’s why I wouldn’t have sent her home. 

The judges had another mini challenge for the bottom two girls, where they had to pick at least three of the eliminated looks from this season to create a new garment. Of course you can’t do much in one hour, so they came out with some very shitty outfits - even if the judges were all saying how gorgeous what they made was. I mean, of course it was pretty amazing in one hour to pull off those things, but it was nothing special, come on. Helen did something very basic, maybe too basic, and even if Michelle’s look was possibly uglier, at least there was something in it - but you also have to consider she used only two from the past looks and she realised it only after they finished. Anyway it seemed pretty obvious to me that the judges wanted Helen to go to the finale, so she could even came up with a fig leave over the model’s patsy, they would have chosen her anyway.

One thing I couldn’t stand was her crying and saying for the 100th time how miserable it was to go home just before the final in her season and no, no, I don’t want this to happen again, oh my god, how can I do…. Really girl, SHUT UP.

She’s going to make some cape dresses, some total red look and screw everything with choices she thinks are outside the box and instead it’s only crap. I’m sure of this.

Sonjia or Dmitry, one of them is going to win.

xxx